The October exhibition at Toronto's Galerie Glendon Gallery at York Univesrity's Glendon Campus was a big success. It featured the performance video Penance and the large scale landscape painting series "Lament". The show receieved several reviews and mentions in local press including Radio Canada, Xtra, L'Express, Glendon's Newspapers, Things of Desire Online Magazine. Artist Statement, Read Review 1, Review 2
The 401 Richmond Career-Launcher Prize
A studio for a year given to one OCAD University graduate every year. Gareth had a solo exhibition titled "Lament" from May 24th to June 21st, 2008 in Gallery 260 at 401 Richmond St. W Toronto.
OPENING NIGHT:
January. 21st, 2009
Runs: January 21 - 31, 2009
Monument National Montreal
1182, boul. Saint-Laurent, Montréal, Québec
Poster Designed by Gareth Bate, 2008

Gareth was recently the guest of honour and speaker at the Annual Exhibition. The honour was for founding the Central Tech Art Alumni Network and for accomplishments since graduating from the adult art program. This fall Gareth will be teaching his first painting class as Central Tech's night school.

The performance video Penance and grass installation presented in the context of contemporary textile art.
The Gladstone Hotel
1214 Queen Street West. Toronto (at Gladstone)
Runs: November 8, 2008 to January 4, 2009
12-5PM Daily
3rd Floor, 4th Floor
Gareth Bate created a large wall work in honey of the Colliseum in Rome called "Colony Collapse" and a window work also in honey address the interconectedness of nature and civilization.
Presented by Ecotecture
Curated by Colin Kent & Joanna Sheridan
Also featuring Marcia Huyer & Karen Kraven
Runs: November 7 - December 7, 2008
DeLeon White Gallery, 1139 College St, Toronto.

Curated by Kendra Sartorelli
Runs Until the end of January.
Monday - Friday, 9:00 -5:00 pm
Canadian Heritage Office
150 John Street, Suite 400 (At Richmond St.)
Toronto, Ontario
Tel.: (416) 973-5400

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The performance video Penance is intended to represent a bizarre act of self-punishment and humiliation for the guilt of environmental destruction. It also captures a sense of helplessness in the face of the overwhelming accumulation of problems facing the world. What can I do? I see this act as half serious and half ridiculous. View Credits